JP2022149852A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a Pachinko game machine that allows an entire performance part showing characteristics of an individual game machine to be replaced.SOLUTION: A Pachinko game machine includes a game board fixed to the inside of a frame body attached in a game parlor, which has a game region for rolling game balls along the surface, a performance part disposed around the game board so as to fill a part between the frame body and the game board, and an attaching frame to which the performance part is fixed. The attaching frame given a performance board for executing a performance operation for notifying a player of a result of lottery processing is removably combined for the game board given a main board for executing the lottery processing and controlling a game operation. Signal transmission means is given for transmitting a game signal including the information on the lottery processing from the main board to the performance board in a non-contact manner between the main board and the performance board.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine with replaceable effect parts, and more particularly to a pachinko game machine in which the entire effect part showing the characteristics of an individual game machine is replaceable.

Due to social demands for environmental protection, pachinko machines are also required to be designed with reusability and recycling in mind. Therefore, by replacing part of the production unit (including decorations such as LEDs and liquid crystal production devices; the same shall apply hereinafter) that indicates the characteristics of individual game machines, it is possible to change the model to a new game machine. A gaming machine has been proposed in which a part of the parts can be reused.

For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a gaming machine that can be changed to a new gaming machine by exchanging only the game board without exchanging the gaming machine frame. A game board is mounted on the game machine frame, and a front door is attached to the front side thereof so that it can be opened and closed. there is By attaching the drive control circuit board that operates the performance parts to the back of the game board, even if the game board is replaced, the drive circuit board can be reused as a drive circuit board for the performance parts of a new model.

Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a game machine in which the entire decorative body including the sheet material attached to the game board is replaceable and the front body of the game board is reusable. Here, in a game machine having a game board including a front body provided with a sheet material representing the characteristics of the game machine and also provided with a decoration, the sheet material and the decoration are combined when the model of the game machine is changed. must be replaced. Therefore, it is proposed that only the decorative body can be removed from the game board so that the front body can be reused.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-68628 JP 2019-42567 A

As described above, there has been proposed a pachinko game machine in which a part of the performance section that shows the characteristics of each individual game machine is replaceable. The handling of control signals for controlling the electrical components of the system becomes complicated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances described above, and its object is to provide a pachinko game machine in which the entire performance section that shows the characteristics of an individual game machine can be replaced. be.

A pachinko game machine according to the present invention comprises a game board fixed inside a frame attached to a game hall and having a game area for rolling game balls along the surface thereof; and a space between the frame and the game board. The game board is provided with a main board for performing lottery processing and controlling game operations, including a production unit arranged around the game board in a buried manner and a mounting frame to which the production unit is fixed. , the mounting frame provided with a performance board for performing a performance operation for notifying the player of the result of the lottery process is detachably combined, and a non-discretion between the main board and the performance board A signal transmission means is provided for transmitting a game signal including information about the lottery process from the main board to the effect board by contact.

According to this feature, the mounting frame provided with the production part is detachably combined with the game board fixed to the frame, and the game signal is transmitted between them in a non-contact manner, so that individual games can be played. It is possible to easily replace the production unit that shows the characteristics of the machine.

The above-described invention may include a main frame to which the game board provided with the main board is fixed, and the mounting frame may be detachably combined with the main frame. Further, the signal transmission means may be provided to signal transmission portions facing each other when the main frame and the mounting frame are combined. According to this feature, it is possible to more easily replace the production unit.

In the above invention, the signal transmission means may be a means for optically transmitting the game signal. According to such features, it is possible to transmit game signals at high speed.

In the above-described invention, the signal transmission means may be characterized by encrypting and transmitting the game signal and decoding it. Further, the signal transmission means may be characterized by: an image display device displaying an image obtained by encrypting the game signal; and capturing the image displayed on the image display device and decoding the game signal. good. According to this feature, it is possible to transmit game signals at higher speed and with higher stability even between the main board and the performance board which are separable from each other.

1 is a front view of a pachinko game machine in one embodiment according to the present invention; FIG. 1 is a top view of a pachinko gaming machine in one embodiment according to the present invention; FIG. 1 is a side view of a pachinko game machine in one embodiment according to the present invention; FIG. 1 is an exploded side view of a pachinko game machine in one embodiment according to the present invention; FIG. It is a front view of (a) separation part and (b) main part of a pachinko game machine. It is a block diagram of the main part of the pachinko game machine.

A pachinko game machine as one embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a gaming machine 1, which is a pachinko gaming machine, is mounted inside an outer frame 2, which is a frame body installed on an island facility in a game hall (not shown). The gaming machine 1 has a body frame (main frame) 5 attached to the outer frame 2 so as to be freely opened and closed, and a door frame 3 having an opening 3a attached to the body frame 5 so as to be opened and closed. The door frame 3 is further provided with a transparent plate 6 for closing the opening 3a, a handle 7 operated for shooting game balls, an upper tray 8 for storing game balls, and a lower tray 9. there is It should be noted that, when indicating the direction hereinafter, the direction seen from the player facing the gaming machine 1 as shown in the figure is used.

The body frame 5 is a frame having a substantially rectangular cross section provided along the outer frame 2 . Inside the body frame 5, a game board 10 is fixed which forms a game area 19 between itself and a transparent plate 6 fitted in the door frame 3 and rolls game balls along its surface. Approximately in the center of the game board 10, a first effect device 12 is provided for displaying the result of the big winning lottery process with a performance to notify the player. As the first effect device 12, for example, a display device using a liquid crystal panel can be used, but a dot matrix display device using LEDs, a rotating belt type display device, or the like may also be used. The game board 10 is further provided with winning openings such as the start chucker 13 and the attacker 14, other winning openings (not shown), nails, accessories, and the like, which allow the path of the game ball falling while rolling in the game area 19. can be distributed.

The door frame 3 is separate from the second effect device 4 provided on the upper part, and can be opened and closed by rotating around the rotation axis between the middle hinge 11b and the lower hinge 11c. The upper hinge 11a is used together with the lower hinge 11c to obtain a rotation shaft for rotating the body frame 5 with respect to the outer frame 2 described above. The second performance device 4 is provided so as to protrude from the front side of the periphery of the transparent plate 6 when the door frame 3 is closed, and performance can be performed according to the progress of the game by the mounted illumination, speaker, and the like. The second effect device 4 is a so-called decorative body, and together with the first effect device 12, it is used as a effect part whose effect operation is controlled by the effect board 30. - 特許庁

Referring also to FIG. 3, the gaming machine 1 is provided with a main board 20 for performing a lottery process and controlling game operations at a position on the far side of the game board 10 and below the first effect device 12 . The main board 20 is enclosed in a board case (not shown) and attached to the back side of the game board 10 . Further, on the far side of the first effect device 12, a effect board 30 is provided for mainly controlling the effect operation for notifying the result of lottery processing.

4 and 5, the game machine 1 can be separated into a main body portion 1a and a separation portion 1b. The separation part 1b includes a mounting frame 5a and a first effect device 12 and a second effect device 4 as a effect part 4' fixed thereto. The mounting frame 5a is detachably combined with the body frame 5 of the body portion 1a. By combining the mounting frame 5a with the main body part 1a, the second performance device 4 is arranged so as to fill the space 5c between the game board 10 and the upper part of the main body frame 5.例文帳に追加That is, the second effector 4 of the effect part 4' is arranged around the left, right, and upper sides of the game board 10.例文帳に追加

In addition, the separating portion 1b supports the first effect device 12 so as to project from the depth side to the front side by an auxiliary frame 5b connected to the depth side of the mounting frame 5a. It also supports the effect board 30 arranged in the second relay port 50 which will be described later. Then, the separating part 1b inserts the second effect device 4 along the upper part of the body frame 5 into the space 5c from the back side, and fixes the mounting frame 5a to the body frame 5. - 特許庁As a result, the separating portion 1b projects the second effect device 4 toward the front side and is also fixed to the main body portion 1a. At this time, the first effect device 12 is arranged so as to face forward from the rear of the through hole 10a in the central portion of the game board 10.例文帳に追加As described above, the mounting frame 5a and the auxiliary frame 5b are for integrating a plurality of production devices into one, and may be like a housing.

As shown in FIG. 6, the main substrate 20 includes a CPU 21, a ROM 22, a RAM 23 and an input/output port 24. In the main substrate 20, the CPU 21 executes processing related to game operations according to programs recorded in the ROM 22. FIG. In addition, the CPU 21 advances the processing while rewritably recording data and the like generated during the processing in the RAM 23 as necessary. By these operations, the main substrate 20 mainly controls game operations.

The main board 20 receives, for example, a signal for detecting the winning of a game ball from a sensor provided in a winning opening such as the start chucker 13 via an input/output port 24, and performs lottery processing such as a big win. In addition, the main board 20 sends out a signal for paying out prize balls to a separately provided payout control board. In addition, the main board 20 sends out signals for activating electric accessories related to the progress of the game, solenoids of the attacker 14, and the like. Thus, the main board 20 can control game operations such as winning detection, lottery processing, and payout. Further, the main board 20 transmits a game signal including information about the lottery process such as the result of the lottery process to the effect board 30 . The game signal is, for example, a signal that includes information such as whether or not a big winning lottery is won, and the time spent in the effect for displaying the lottery result.

A payout control board 60 is connected to the main board 20 and includes a CPU 61 , a ROM 62 , a RAM 63 and an input/output port 64 . The payout control board 60 can control mainly the payout-related actions among the game actions by the main board 20 described above, based on signals from the main board 20 . Then, it is possible to control the payout of prize balls, the payout in response to a request for lending game balls, and the like.

Like the payout control board described above, in general, the performance board and the like that receive signals from the main board are electrically connected directly to the main board by wiring. On the other hand, in this embodiment, game signals from the main board 20 can be transmitted to the performance board 30 in a non-contact manner via two relay ports.

Specifically, the first relay port 40 connected to the main board 20 is capable of receiving game signals transmitted from the main board 20 in one direction. A second relay port 50 is connected to the effect board 30, and a game signal or a signal corresponding thereto can be transmitted from the second relay port 50 to the effect board 30 in one direction. Between the first relay port 40 and the second relay port 50, a signal transmission means for transmitting a game signal in a non-contact manner is provided. can be transmitted. As a signal transmission means, the first relay port 40 is provided with an output device 41 for outputting a game signal, and the second relay port 50 is provided with a reader 51 for reading the game signal output from the output device 41 .

For example, an image display device capable of displaying a two-dimensional code is used as the issuing device 41 , and a camera capable of recognizing the two-dimensional code by image processing is used as the reading device 51 . Thus, by converting the game signal into a two-dimensional code, the game signal can be transmitted in a non-contact manner. In addition, by appropriately using optical transmission means, it is possible to transmit game signals at high speed and with high stability. Other transmission means that can transmit game signals without contact, such as sound waves and magnetic waves, can be used instead of optical transmission means.

In this manner, the effect board 30 can receive the game signal from the second relay port 50 . The effect board 30 has a CPU 31 , a ROM 32 , a RAM 33 , an input port 34 and an output port 35 . In the effect board 30, the CPU 31 executes processing related to the effect operation according to the program recorded in the ROM 32. Further, the CPU 31 advances the processing while rewritably recording data and the like generated during the processing in the RAM 33 as necessary. These actions allow the effect board 30 to control the effect action.

A performance board 30 extracts the success or failure of a big winning lottery from the game signal obtained through the input port 34 and extracts the time spent in performance for displaying the lottery result, and notifies the player of the result of the lottery processing accordingly. Controls the performance action for As the effect operation, for example, a multi-digit number is changed on the first effector 12, and if the result of the lottery process is a big hit, the multi-digit number is stopped at zero, and if it is a failure, it is other numbers. (number) to stop. A series of actions from the fluctuation of the number to the stop are performed according to the time spent on the above-described performance. In addition, as an effect operation, an effect using light, sound, and the like by the illumination and the speaker mounted on the second effect device 4 can be performed in accordance with the progress of the game.

Specifically, the effect board 30 selects one pattern corresponding to the game signal from among a plurality of patterns of predetermined effect operations, and transmits a signal indicating this pattern via the output port 35. can. Such signals are input to respective sub-sub-boards for image presentation, LED presentation and sound presentation (not shown). Each sub-sub board operates the lighting and the speaker of the first director 12 and the second director 4 in a pattern corresponding to the input signal, and can perform the performance of the pattern selected by the performance board 30. - 特許庁

By the way, as described above, the main board 20 is provided at a position on the back side of the game board 10 and below the first effect device 12 . That is, the main board 20 is attached to the game board 10 of the main body 1a. On the other hand, the effect board 30 is provided on the back side of the first effect device 12 and is attached to the separation portion 1b. By removing the separation portion 1b from the main body portion 1a, the main board 20 and the effect board 30 can be separated.

Therefore, the first relay port 40 connected to the main substrate 20 is arranged in the main body portion 1a, and the second relay port 50 connected to the effect substrate 30 is arranged in the separation portion 1b. Then, when the main body portion 1a and the separation portion 1b are combined, the first relay port 40 and the second relay port 50 are arranged so as to transmit game signals in a non-contact manner. For example, when the optical transmission means described above is used, the issuing device 41 of the first relay port 40 and the reading device 51 of the second relay port 50 are arranged to face each other.

As described above, the gaming machine 1 detachably combines the separation portion 1b including the mounting frame 5a provided with the effect board 30 and the main portion 1a including the game board 10 provided with the main substrate 20, A sending device 41 and a reading device 51 are provided as signal transmission means for non-contact transmission of game signals transmitted from the main board 20 to the performance board 30 . This makes it possible to easily replace the effect part 4' provided in the separation part 1b as well as the separation part 1b. The production unit 4' is composed of the first production device 12 and the second production device 4, and is manufactured so as to show the characteristics of individual game machines. It can be used as a different model without exchanging 1a.

Although the example of transmitting the game signal from the issuing device 41 to the reading device 51 using the two-dimensional code has been described above, this may be performed using a code. For example, the game signal is encrypted at the first relay port 40, the image corresponding to the encryption is displayed on the image display device used as the issuing device 41, the image is captured by the reader 51, and the image is decrypted at the second relay port 50. A game signal is obtained.

A predetermined code can also be used as the game signal. A correspondence table defining codes corresponding to sets of information such as whether a big winning lottery is right or not and the time spent in performance for displaying the lottery results is stored in a main board 20, and a game signal is transmitted by the main board 20.例文帳に追加This code is extracted when creating. Then, the extracted code is transmitted as a game signal to the performance board 30 storing the same corresponding table, and the performance board 30 selects the performance corresponding to the code and performs the performance. Also, a second correspondence table that defines patterns of effects corresponding to codes may be stored in the effect board 30 to effect effects.

Although the embodiments according to the present invention and modifications based thereon have been described so far, the present invention is not necessarily limited to these examples. Also, those skilled in the art will be able to find various alternatives and modifications without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

1 game machine 1a main unit 1b separating unit 5 main unit frame 5a mounting frame 10 game board 20 main substrate 30 effect substrate

Claims (6)

a game board fixed inside a frame attached to the game hall and having a game area for rolling game balls along the surface thereof;
a production unit arranged around the game board so as to fill the space between the frame and the game board;
a mounting frame to which the production unit is fixed;
The mounting frame provided with a performance board for performing a performance operation for notifying the player of the result of the lottery processing is attached to the game board provided with the main substrate for performing the lottery processing and controlling the game operation. Can be put on and taken off freely,
A signal transmission means is provided between the main board and the performance board for transmitting a game signal including information about the lottery process from the main board to the performance board in a non-contact manner. Pachinko machine. 2. A pachinko game machine according to claim 1, further comprising a main frame to which said game board is fixed to which said main board is provided, wherein said mounting frame is detachably combined with said main frame. 3. A pachinko game machine according to claim 2, wherein said signal transmission means is provided to signal transmission portions facing each other when said main frame and said mounting frame are combined. 4. A pachinko game machine according to claim 3, wherein said signal transmission means is means for optically transmitting said game signal. 5. A pachinko game machine according to claim 4, wherein said signal transmission means encrypts and transmits said game signal and decrypts it. 4. The signal transmission means is characterized in that: an image display device displays an image obtained by encrypting the game signal; and the image displayed on the image display device is picked up to decode the game signal. 5. The pachinko game machine according to the above.

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